Guitar Hero World Tour VS Rock Band 2 Comparing Game Play, Instruments, Song Lists, Prices
Rock Band 2 vs. Guitar Hero World Tour: We debate the set lists for this year’s big music video games. Find out which game comes out on top. It’s the classic dilemma. Two competing formats-which is better? Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Here’s a brief comparison of game play, songs and instruments.
Guitar Hero World Tour VS Rock Band 2, Compare Game Play, Instruments, Song Lists. Harmonix and Activision have revealed the full set lists for Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, respectively. With both lists out in the open, the debate has begun over which game has the better songs. We at Iflove have also begun arguing over this issue. We gathered some music game enthusiasts (and Michael Thomsen) to discuss the merits and flaws of each list. Forget about which game has the better instruments or feature set. Today, all we care about is which track list is better.
They look the same, sound the same, and even largely play the same. For those with a gaming console, and musical spirations, which the better bang for the buck?
For a while Rock Band wooed the party crowd with its multiplayer format in which up to 4 people could play together as a band. Guitar Hero, on the other hand, with its superior guitar instrument, was the obvious choice for the lone player.
Now the tables have turned. The makers of Guitar Hero no doubt noticed the financial success of its main competitor and also the resounding popularity of interactive party gaming (ie the overwhelming success of the Wii) and have now come out with Guitar Hero: World Tour.
Which game is better? Which should you buy?
Prices: Guitar Hero World Tour Sale for Wii
Online retailer Amazon.com has slashed the price on two versions of Guitar Hero World Tour heading into the new year.
Cost: around $180
Available Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, and Wii
Allow players to customize their band members, form a band, and play at gigs around the world for money
Downloadable song content for a comparable price
Backward compatible with previous gaming versions
Really, with basics like these, both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 make great rhythm games, but there are some finer points, too.
Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour: Same Cost, Format
A sensible place to begin is with the similarities. Both games and complete instrument sets come with a guitar, set of drums, and a microphone. Other similarities:
Rock Band 2: More Songs, Smoother Play
Despite Guitar Hero: World Tour’s nifty touch-pad buttons on its wireless guitar, Rock Band 2’s guitar is still easier to play and its drum set is more intuitive and sensitive. It’s nice that Guitar Hero: World Tour has a wireless drum set but the drum pads are slightly off. This may be fixed with a firmware update at some point, but for now, Rock Band 2’s instruments win the playability contest. Here’s another review of Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour drum sets.
Rock Band 2, however, comes pre-loaded with fewer songs, only about 45. Guitar Hero: World Tour comes with almost 90 songs. However Rock Band 2 already has an extensive list (500+) of downloadable content. All in all, Rock Band 2 wins the songs contest based on the sheer number and variety already available for download.
Judging the song list of each game is of course largely subjective, but it’s fair to say that both come with plenty of jammin’ crowd pleasers. Check out the Guitar Hero: World Tour complete song list and the Rock Band 2 complete song list.
Of course the best part about each’s song list is that players may end up loving songs they hated before and vice verse, just out of ease of playing.
Guitar Hero: World Tour: Better Instruments, Worse Game Play
While Rock Band 2 plays more smoothly with its instruments Guitar Hero: World Tour certainly has more potential with its more complicated drum set, guitar design, and game play. It’s just that these features don’t necessarily make Guitar Hero: World Tour that great for when players have non-gamer friends over and want to bust it out for a party.
Bottom Line: Serious gamers will enjoy the finer points of Guitar Hero: World Tour, but Rock Band 2 comes out on top as the best party game with its simpler instruments and game play, and huge cache of songs.
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Great info Stephanie, but from my research Rock Band 2 actually comes with around 84 songs, plus there are about 20 that will be free downloads as well. If you already own the first Rock Band for only $4.99 you can add them to Rock Band 2, which is a phenomenal deal.
I put my own review together as well, it’s available here if you would like to compare notes
I was told by a GameStop employee that GH World tour works with Rock Band but not the other way around. So I guess the way to go would be to buy the GH set, then add the Rock Band game. Hope this helps.
I don’t know what one is the best.I’ved played ROCK BAND 2.But i haven’t played Guitar Hero World Tour.I relly want it for Chistmas Rock Band 2.Wold someone write back.Sinserly,William Alden Beeman Peace! Dec.21 ‘08
ok people, this is how it is. first the drums, on GHWT the drum are horrible because theres only 5 and it looks weirded out. RB2 brum only come with 4 but for less than $30 you can get 3 cymbals added on summing up to 7 parts! the GHWT guitar has more features but look at them! the touch pad sucks, and hammer ons and pull offs are useless. The RB2 guitar doesnt have any problems, i dnt kno why people are complaining that it doesnt click and that it throws them off beat. you dont need a click to keep you on beat, if u do, you have no beat! on the game itself, RB2 has more than 500+ songs availiable and 3 songs are added on the marketplace per week. you can also transfer the songs from RB to RB2 for only $5 so then you can have more than 200 songs on one disc. RB2 also features drum freestyle to teach you how to play real drums. personally, i think the only reason GHWT is better than RB2 is because it features an extended music studio that allows you to mix your own music and the guitar customization is really cool.
ok people, this is how it is. first the drums, on GHWT the drum are horrible because theres only 5 and it looks weirded out. RB2 brum only come with 4 but for less than $30 you can get 3 cymbals added on summing up to 7 parts! the GHWT guitar has more features but look at them! the touch pad sucks, and hammer ons and pull offs are useless. The RB2 guitar doesnt have any problems, i dnt kno why people are complaining that it doesnt click and that it throws them off beat. you dont need a click to keep you on beat, if u do, you have no beat! on the game itself, RB2 has more than 500+ songs availiable and 3 songs are added on the marketplace per week. you can also transfer the songs from RB to RB2 for only $5 so then you can have more than 200 songs on one disc. RB2 also features drum freestyle to teach you how to play real drums. personally, i think the only reason GHWT is better than RB2 is because it features an extended music studio that allows you to mix your own music and the guitar customization is really cool.
Michael Thomsen, Associate Editor, IGN Insider
‘Guitar Hero,’ ‘Rock Band’ soon playing Beatles? RB2’s tracklist is a lot more flexible and will probably do a much better job of holding the interest of the mainstream gamer with stuff like Duran Duran, Alannis Morissette, Bob Dylan, and The Go-Go’s. GHWT’s list skews a little more towards the hesher rock category with Willie Nelson, Van Halen, and Creedance. Ultimately, though the tracklists are more similar than they are dissimilar. Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Modest Mouse, Motorhead, and Interpol appearing in both. The main difference is that RB2 has a few new wave favorites (”Psycho Killer”) thrown in to help keep the Guitar Center vide from becoming too prohibitive. I’m a lot more into GHWT because I’m still a metal nerd at heart, but RB2 is the one you’ll want to pull out at a party.
Rock Band 2 vs. Guitar Hero World Tour: We debate the set lists for this year’s big music video games. Find out which game comes out on top. It’s the classic dilemma. Two competing formats-which is better? Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Here’s a brief comparison of game play, songs and instruments. Editing by Jane Dylan
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Rock Band 2 way better then GHWT even as a metal head there is still alot of good metal on RB2, For instance they have the whole Megadeth “Peace Sells…But Whos Buying” Album for Downloadable content.
And the game comes with some awesome metal songs like Testament “Souls of Black” Judas Priest “Painkiller” Dream Theater “Panic Attack” Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen” Megadeth “Peace Sells”
and a few others.They even have Children of Bodom,Between The Buried and Me,Metallica,All That Remains,Machine Head,Black Sabbath,Evile and more up for downloadable conetent.
So dont say that GHWT is the better choice for metal heads..its far from true.
Even though GHWT does have Mr.Crowley..which i can play over and over again all day long!